everyone knows action wasn't a genre until 1971 doy
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
man morbs the cut off is 1960 not 1970 come on, movies before 1960 legit suck
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
13 Assassins was a superior 'action film' that came out last year. It's not about "old things."
there's an argument for that.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/kungfuhustle.jpg
#53 (TIE)
KUNG FU HUSTLE
Stephen Chow2004Hong Kong(217 points, 8 votes)
I liked that bit where the landlord and lady were watching Chow kick ass, and the one goes "who'd have thought being beaten by the Beast would have purified his chi?", and the other one just sort of shrugs.― Michael Philip Philip Philip Avoidant (Ferg), Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:08 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I love this movie so much. The musicians were unbelievably frightening.― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:37 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I really liked the explicitly Buddhist moralism of the ending, which actually resulted in a walkout at the screening I attended. I thought there was lots of other good stuff in it, too. Way better than Shaolin Soccer, IMHO.― Chris F. (servoret), Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:04 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Definitely top five of the year material. I want this guy to make two films a year until i die, please.The visual flourishes were so dead on; personal fave was the cat shadow leaping then dividing in two perfect halves.
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:06 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Have we had a thread about Kung-Fu Hustle yet?
― omar little, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
too low
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
rules
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
why is KFH in this at all, I want to know
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
Shoulda nominated Shaolin Soccer. Hustle rules though obv
― Number None, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
because it rules, that's why
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
I really liked the explicitly Buddhist moralism of the ending, which actually resulted in a walkout at the screening I attended.
i don't remember the ending!
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
Put this in my top 20 of the decade. Fogot the Beast going all bullfrog in the last fight.
Chow supposedly in pre-prod with sequel.
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Monday, January 4, 2010 12:50 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
voted for shaolin, not kungfuh
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
the recurring theme of deformed girl who stephen chow humiliates until she somehow becomes beautiful and he falls for her in all of his movies is really weird imo
yah shaolin is clearly better than KFH (still not an action movie)
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
my two favorite stephen chow movies that are not SS or KFH: from beijing with love (spy spoof) and forbidden city cop (china spoof)
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
wait Shaolin was nominated? I was sure i checked for it
― Number None, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
realizing last night that the netflix instant shaolin soccer was pan & scan (and miramax-chopped) was not good
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
good choice, and quote! xxxxxxxp
prime B Keaton / J Chan to come, I presume.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/getcarter.jpg
#52
GET CARTER
Mike Hodges1971United Kingdom(219 points, 8 votes)
do you think ian hendry would have been better than caine in the main role in get carter? hendry was originally going to be cast, until caine showed an interest in the film? now, of course, its difficult to imagine anyone but caine in ut, but its arguable that caine doesnt have that effortless aura of violence, and had to work at it? perhaps that makes him in the role better though?
― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, January 28, 2005 5:40 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I like the idea of Performance, but the last time I saw it it seemed to be kind of a mess. Get Carter however, is an extremely effective little piece of filmmaking. Oh yeah, Poor Cow is good too. I heard Terence Stamp tell a funny story about making it once.
― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, January 28, 2005 6:07 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Taking Sides: Performance vs. Get Carter
― omar little, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
never seen get carter :(
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
year zero for action movies
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
wow when did youtube start letting you upload full movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLiCCdMYRc
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
forever ago.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
1971
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://tubedubber.com/#aoa3OTJfWIY:pbKCWBTgTR8:0:100:0:0:1
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
get carter owns bones. great fucking vibe to that movie. i need to watch again, havent seen since i was like 13. the stallone remake was horrible conceived from the start, because sly ultimately cant stand to play unsympathetic characters
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
You know what's a cool old movie nobody talks about? Hit Man, the blaxploitation remake of Get Carter.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
Get Carter is so great
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
I've never seen Get Carter. :/
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
not really a ton of action tho, really
xp
I went on a Mycocaine bender recently and watched that, the Italian Job, What's It All About Alfie? etc. he was a load of fun in the 60s.
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
a... "mycocaine bender"?
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
hahahaha
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
all the kids are doing it
― Number None, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
lol thats not even on google, what are you talking about dude
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
think phonetically
― Number None, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
say it out loud, lol
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
genius
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
homonyms yo
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
oh jesus
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFIQIpC5_wY
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ thats not even on google
What's It All About Alfie? etc.
Did you just watch Alfie or pull out all the stops on the theme a la Cilla Black and Cher?
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
it's a helluva drug
― Number None, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
i was assuming "mycocaine" was some sort of streaming video site, lol
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
lol just the movie. abortion subplot was a bit 0_0
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/akira.jpg
#51
AKIRA
Katsuhiro Otomo1988Japan(225 points, 8 votes)
the comic helped but the film was huge, i remember seeing it with a friend and then afterward the two of us deciding we would get 'tetsuo' and 'kaneda' (sic?) vanity tags (we were fifteen, very very ready to drive, and had heard vanity tags were only like fifteen bucks more and hence couldn't figure out why EVERYONE didn't have vanity tags) and then arguing who whould get what. i haven't seen it since high school so i have no idea how well it's held up but it was huge at the time.
― j blount (papa la bas)
i agree that it's a plus when anime doesn't take itself too seriouly. i've lost my tolerance for retarded cosmology and convoluted hierarchies in my shit. i just want laffs n dope animation, maybe a wee bit of the old ultraviolence. which reminds me--watching Akira last night on dvd it was significantly gorier than what i remember from my youth.
― ian
Akira: Classic Or Dud?
― omar little, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
the music in akira is so dope
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/fVhJC.jpg
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the akira sdtk is one of my all time fav albums period
its an incredible movie too. one of only a few anime features i wouldve voted for
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link